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18:32, 24 June 2021
PACE reports unresolved problems with political prisoners in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijan’s authorities did not recognize the problem with political prisoners, described in the PACE resolution in January 2020, and the problem remains unresolved, the PACE declares in its new report.
A man praying in a mosque. Photo: REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev
16:39, 24 June 2021
Dagestani residents oppose ban on mass worshiping
Dagestani believers have expressed the opinion that the ban introduced in the region on worshiping with the presence of people is unjustified, since most of the residents have had coronavirus, while another part has been vaccinated.
Protest action in the village of Ergneti, June 23, 2021. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
16:19, 24 June 2021
Zaza Gakheladze's relatives hold protest action in Ergneti village
On June 23, in the village of Ergneti, oppositionists, activists and relatives of Zaza Gakheladze, who was convicted in South Ossetia for crossing the border, held a protest action demanding from Georgian authorities to take efficient actions to release him.
The Gegarkunik Region. Photo: Yuri Troitskiy, http://ru.wikipedia.org
11:33, 24 June 2021
Analysts treat Yerevan's influence on Azerbaijani border as minimal
The Armenian party discussed the deployment of Russian peacemakers on the border with Azerbaijan even before the parliamentary elections in Armenia, but the main negotiations on this issue are underway between Moscow and Baku, analysts in Yerevan believe.
11:16, 24 June 2021
Bobokvati residents announce endless protest action
In the village of Bobokvati, protesters set up a tent and organized round-the-clock on duty post in the land plot, which authorities plan to sell to investors through an auction. These lands were illegally confiscated from local residents, activists assert.
An unauthorized march in support of the Azerbaijani Army, Baku, July 14, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
11:04, 24 June 2021
Azerbaijani activists treat reasons for criminal prosecution as political
The conditional prison terms awarded to 12 members of the last group that took part in the rally in support of the army, held in July 2020 in Baku, have to do with the systematic persecution of the opposition, the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has stated.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny-Inform
08:44, 24 June 2021
Political analysts treat Kadyrov's participation in election of head of Chechnya as predictable
The carte blanche issued by Putin to Kadyrov for taking part in the upcoming September elections has confirmed that Kadyrov's May statement about his readiness not to run for a new term was nothing more than ritual, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
08:31, 24 June 2021
Three persons fall victim to shootout in Ingushetia
One man was killed, and two others wounded in an Ingush village in a shootout that followed after a land dispute, said an informed source.
Vladimir Putin (left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
21:55, 23 June 2021
Putin recommends Kadyrov to participate in election for leader of Chechnya
Vladimir Putin voiced a proposal to Ramzan Kadyrov to participate in the autumn election in order to continue to lead Chechnya. Earlier, the Ramzan Kadyrov has declared he is not willing to be elected for a new term as the leader of Chechnya if even “a few percent of the population” are against his candidacy.
Cossacks attack cyclists in centre of Stavropol. Screenshot: http://vk.com/chp_26?z=video-1245153_456240260%2Fvideos-12451953%2Fpl_-124519539_-2
21:40, 23 June 2021
Cossacks attack cyclists in centre of Stavropol
A video posted on a social media site depicted how two cyclists were attacked by Cossacks on a pedestrian street in Stavropol, and one of them tried to throw a bicycle at a teenager.
Flowers at the embankment in Sochi in memory of the victims of the Tu-154 crash, December 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
19:12, 23 June 2021
Family members of victims of Tu-154 plane crash near Sochi appeal to ECtHR
A complaint has been filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on behalf of 70 relatives of those killed in a plane crash near Sochi. The affected people consider the closure of the criminal case and the refusal to pay compensation unreasonable, a plaintiffs’ lawyer reports today.
Michael Gakheladze, father of Zaza Gakheladze. Screenshot: http://sova.news/2021/06/22/otets-zazy-gaheladze-vstretilsa-s-premerom/
18:47, 23 June 2021
Zaza Gakheladze’s father refuses to visit South Ossetia
The Patriarchate of Georgia appealed to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia with a request to help in the release of Zaza Gakheladze and asked the convict’s father not to visit the territory of South Ossetia.
Gegarkunik Region of Armenia. Photo: Sogomon Matevosyan
14:49, 23 June 2021
Armenia relies on deployment of peacemakers in Gegarkunik Region
Armenian authorities have offered to place Russian peacemakers on the problem border sections in the Gegarkunik Region, Artak Davtyan, the Chief of the Armenian General Staff, has reported about negotiations.
Café in Batumi. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
13:45, 23 June 2021
Restaurateurs are pessimistic about eased restrictions in Georgia
The softening of anti-covid restrictions will not save catering establishments, since people have almost stopped visiting restaurants due to financial problems; and there is no hope for tourists, professionals of Georgia's restaurant business believe.
11:37, 23 June 2021
Rights defenders criticize ECtHR's decision on Radik Bapinaev's case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has failed to award compensation to relatives of Radik Bapinaev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who was shot dead by law enforcers, which reduces the significance of its decision, human rights defenders assert.
Akhmed Pogorov speaks at a rally in Magas, March 26, 2019. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrjj8zCPYyY
11:24, 23 June 2021
Akhmed Pogorov left in custody for three months more
The court in Essentuki has extended the detention term of Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, for other three months, despite the arguments of the defence about his poor health and his father's old age.
Participants of a rally in Magas. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
11:12, 23 June 2021
Prosecution witness states innocence of Ingush protest leaders
None of the defendants entered into physical confrontation with "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) agents, a prosecution witness in the case of Ingush activists has declared.
08:46, 23 June 2021
Chechen investigators refuse treating Salman Tepsurkaev's wife as victim
Elizaveta, Salman Tepsurkaev's wife, has received the third refusal to recognize her as a victim. The decision of Chechen investigators will be appealed against in court, said Leisan Mannapova, a lawyer with the Committee against Torture (CaT).
Vaccination. Photo: REUTERS / Shamil Zhumatov
08:31, 23 June 2021
Chechen authorities rely on unlawful methods of coercing to vaccination
Chechnya is not among the regions with mandatory coronavirus vaccination, because local authorities prefer various forms of pressure on residents, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, and Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, believe.
Oleg Orlov. Photo: press service of the HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org
22:41, 22 June 2021
Human rights defender Orlov complains to ECtHR about threats from “Kadyrov killer”
According to a complaint sent to the European Court, the threats that Oleg Orlov, a member of the Council of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, and his colleagues received in 2019, resulted from the Ramzan Kadyrov’s call to punish authors of gossips about Chechnya.
News
A court hearing for the suspect in the attack on doctors. Photo courtesy of the United Press Service of the Courts of Dagestan https://t.me/Femida_Dagestana/450 A Dagestani resident has been arrested in connection with an attack on doctors.

The road to nine villages in Dagestan is blocked after a landslide.

A school in a flood zone in Dagestan. April 2026. Photo: Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Dagestan https://t.me/minobrnauki_rd/35099 Five schools in Dagestan have been declared unfit for classes following the flood.

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.